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SHATTERED!

Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue #18

	; And the brightest thing on this cover is... Prime's crotch. Huh.
Publisher	Fun Publications
Cover date	DEC/JAN 08

Editor-In-Chief: Brian Savage
Editor: Pete Sinclair
Associate Editor: Benson Yee
Research Editor: Karl Hartman
Lead Writer: Rik Alvarez
Creative Director/Layout: Lanny Lathem
Columnist: Rob Meyer
Columnist: Scott Marble
Head Proofreader: Heather Choplin
Proofreader: Mark Baker-Wright
Resident Cartoonist: Jesse Wittenrich
Resident Colorist: Drew Eiden
Staff: Greg Sepelak, Trent Troop, Matt Moylan
Featured Artists: Greg Sepelak, David Willis, Sam Helbling, Richard Chang, Evan Gauntt, Will Mangin, Dan Khanna, Makoto Ono

On the cover: a 'striking image' created by Lanny Lathem, depicting Shattered Glass Ricochet, Optimus Prime, and Goldbug (p. 1)
Inside cover: "Brian's Bytes and Bolts", "From the Editor's Desk" (p. 2)
"Hasbro Interview - A Conversation with Mike Ballag" by Scott Marble (pp. 3 and 10)
"BotCon: Past, Present, and Future" by Karl Hartman (pp. 4-5)
"The Classicverse Mini-Cons," profiles for Snarl, Dirt Rocket, Wideload, Swoop, Divebomb, Thunderwing (p. 6)
Lil Formers (p. 7)
Bios in the style of More than Meets the Eye:
- Classics Optimus Prime (p. 8)
- Classics Starscream (p. 9)
"Crossing Over: Part 6" - comic story (pp. 11-16)

Topspin gets revealed on page 2 of this issue.
On page 3, the title spells Mike Ballog's name as 'Ballag'.
Characters mentioned in the Micro-Sized section include: Oil Slick, Grindor, Broadside, and Nightscream.
- Swoop was infused with Nucleon in Marvel The Transformers issue #72.
Characters mentioned in Optimus Prime's bio include: the Last Autobot, Hi-Q, Unicron, Prowl, Megatron, and Grimlock.
- Hi-Q and Optimus merged in Transformers issue #80.
Characters mentioned in Starscream' bio include: Megatron.
- Starscream managed to escape before the Ark crashed in The Transformers issue #78.

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 * On page 3, the title spells Mike Ballog's name as 'Ballag'.
 * Characters mentioned in the Micro-Sized section include: [[Oil Slick (Classics)|Oil Slick]], [[Grindor (Classics)|Grindor]], [[Broadside (Classics)|Broadside]],  and [[Nightscream (Classics)|Nightscream]].
-** Swoop was infused with Nucleon in Marvel ''Transformers'' issue [[...All This and Civil War 2|#72]].
+** Swoop was infused with Nucleon in Marvel ''The Transformers'' issue [[...All This and Civil War 2|#72]].
 * Characters mentioned in Optimus Prime's bio include: the [[Last Autobot]], [[Hi-Q]], [[Unicron]], [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]].
 ** Hi-Q and Optimus merged in ''Transformers'' issue [[End of the Road! (US)|#80]].
 * Characters mentioned in Starscream' bio include: Megatron.
-** Starscream managed to escape before the ''Ark'' crashed in ''Transformers'' issue [[A Savage Circle|#78]].
+** Starscream managed to escape before the ''Ark'' crashed in ''The Transformers'' issue [[A Savage Circle|#78]].
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